Changes to Business Rates in Wales

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance – in the Senedd at 2:12 pm on 5 December 2018.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:12, 5 December 2018

Yes, Llywydd. Thank you to Julie Morgan for that, because I can confirm exactly that—that our small business rate relief scheme is to be extended to provide 100 per cent rate relief to all registered childcare providers in Wales, and this higher level of relief will start on 1 April 2019. It is a very good example of aligning our taxation responsibilities with our policy ambitions, because, of course, we have an ambition to provide the most enhanced level of childcare to people here in Wales, and the decision on rate relief was designed to support the sector on which we rely to deliver our childcare offer.